SHOP WITH ME at the FLEA MARKET for VINTAGE DEALS to RESELL!
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- ANTIQUE SHOPPING | RESELLING BARGAINS | VINTAGE HOME DECOR
This is a new place for me, and it sure is good! We pull off the road in Zanesville, Ohio when we see the Flea Market sign and ANTIQUES painted in huge letters on the building. A flea market with antiques is a great recipe to find merchandise we can flip for a profit, but this one goes beyond with some tremendous collector displays and things we've never seen before!
We walk in to a nice display of jadeite glass as we enter the foyer, and score a Charlton painted wedding box for under $20!-but the real treats await us beyond in the great room filled with dealer spaces and showcases. Surprisingly, there's far more vintage and antique stuff in this flea market than Goodwill leftovers and used practical goods, and the prices range from fair collector prices to reseller wholesale (and a few really great thrift store priced items as well!).
Delightful finds for me include a set of fab 1970s bar stools, a complete old-school fire alarm and a Viking Epic patio light in a scarce color for only $6! But the selection of interesting things doesn't end with reseller deals...this market has specialists in MCM modernist home decor, a 75% off discontinued dinnerware booth and a fantastic showcase section with the best Gonder Pottery selection I've seen, alongside terrific and scarce pieces made locally by the big firms...McCoy, Hull, Roseville, Weller and many more Zanesville ceramics make this a fun and educational stop. We'll definitely find our way back here!
While seeking reseller gold, we come across a lot of other great vintage and antique stuff:
Italian vegetable plate, 1981 British Monarchy guide, Artistic Potteries deco bird pitcher, Alemite pool balls, Antique Show Today sign, Fenton Jade 1920s bowl, McCoy GOP and Democrat ceramics, Shawnee Pottery Bo Peep and Little Boy Blue pitchers, Elsie the Cow and calves, Roseville ivory Rozane candlesticks, 1980s Robotix sets, 1970s character glasses, 1940s portable stereo/turntable, Pfaltzgraff Yorktowne and Tea Rose patterns, Cambridge Dragoon console bowl, Heisey revival horses, Navajo weaving display, art deco Root Beer sign, 1950s wire shelves, plow disk, child's deck chairs, 1870s crimper, 1980s soccer ball lamp, 1960s fiberglass pole lamp, Hull Crestone, Royal Copley rooster, TST Matador dinnerware, Green Giant 1970s ad trash can, pink Mayfair depression glass bowl, Roseville Tuscany 1920s candle holders, pattern glass oil lamps, 1950s lawn sprinklers, Shawnee elephant teapot, malted milk jar, Rick Wisecarver pottery, rubber Snoopy toys, Fenton Burmese large epergne, Gonder Pottery mermaid, bud vase and flambe panther, Robinson-Ransbottom 1920s floral painted floor vases, 1930s Zanesville area pottery wall pockets, Weller Ardsley Iris pillow vase, Howard Pierce frog, Brush-McCoy 16" turtle, 1890s advertising spice cabinet, Kilim saddle bag, McCoy Woodsy Owl cookie jar, Fenton painted fish vase, 1930s child's washing machine, etc.
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Too late
What a study in American pottery. Thank you George for this excellent video.
So nice to find it all there!
That old Root Beer sign looks like the very first signs that A&W had on their road side stands. I had just watched a short bio on A&W. I hope you decided to pick it up.
I'm afraid I could not afford it but I wish I could!
I’m in love with those bar stools!!
Love Under Dog and Sweet Polly Purebred, too!
Thank you George 😊
Thanks for your wonderful videos. You’re awesome. Please stay safe out there.
Thanks, you too!
Wow that was awesome pottery golly just to be in Zanesville... Pottery MECA for us treasure hunters
It sure is!
Excellent video, really enjoyed this shop with you. Thank you!
Awesome, thank you! I wish I had a collection for someone to "win", alas I must sell things to make a living lol
Love your videos George.
This is a very nice place love the video as always love the finds great prices thanks George for the treasure hunt
Fun video! Thanks for bringing us along!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Loved the video!! I feel like I learned a little about a lot!
Thanks George
Thank you for your informative videos! 😊
I started collecting the Norman Rockwell plates in college in 1975! Not all old collectors! I have 3 seasonal plates, and the caroler and sledder…still love them!
I am glad to hear that! I think people should collect what they enjoy and has meaning to them, and not worry about whether the market is up or down...I only say such things because resellers who watch me want to know
Have you ever seen the Pinapple vase? It's a big vase and yellow. It's either Hull or maybe Gonder now that I see these pieces. I finally found a show that I can do and it's already taken place. Now I want to do all the shows.
Good evening, George! You're not in Florida, in the path of "Ian", are you? I like the Tom & Jerry and the Roadrunner glasses...two of my favourite cartoons. You were moving fast past some items that caught my eye, and I couldn't get a really good look at them😂 That root beer sign was cool. That was a steal on the bar stools! You can get vinyl repair kits that would cover the small, damaged places. Loved the old planes. I have a weakness for those, for some reason. I would love to have a collection of antique mouse traps, but some of those things can rip a hole in a pocketbook fast! That teal-coloured Hull can be a bit difficult to find. I was surprised to see that much of it in one place. I have to swat my own hands, when it comes to the antique oil lamps😆 I have more now than I have space to put them, but I still like them. Those were fantastic! I'd like to have that mist sprinkler. I actually liked the Gonder "Arabian Knights" vase, and I'm not much of a vase person. There were a lot of interesting items there! Thanks for the take-along!!!
Thankfully not! I'm in KY and my malls feel very secure to their owners so not worrying (much). I always liked both those cartoons (and Pluto from Disney) because they were expressive without ever saying much. I'm sorry I didn't slow down more, it was a lot more to see than I thought and time was tight. I'll look for a repair kit for those, that's a great idea and I do really like the stools! Wasn't it funny to see a lot of the Hull in that drip? I have some of the TV trays/mugs now, another viewer heard your plea through me and she didn't have saucers but she did have those and gave them to me.
@@TheAntiqueNomad "Ian" is making something of a mess in Florida. I'm watching "Ryan Hall, Y'all's" livestream, (he is a meteorologist in Kentucky), and he is keeping people up-to-date on the storm.
I know Permatex makes a vinyl repair kit, and I'm sure there are others. That would be a great way to repair the stools.
Roadrunner and Tom & Jerry were always two of my favourite cartoons. I never got into Disney too much, but the old Warner Bros/Looney Tunes cartoons I really liked.
I couldn't believe there was that much of the Teal Drip in there, all in one place. I wish the other viewer had have had some of the Green Drip saucers...they'll show up sooner or later... It was super-nice of her to give you those!
@@CONSTELLATION_PEGASUS I watch him too, ever since you mentioned him! I am fortunately in Kentucky
This was one of my favorite go alongs with you. The store was so nicely done. Open, bright, and clean and had a lot of things I never saw before. I was able to learn a lot about new things and even some old things from you. It's good I wasn't there with you or I definitely would have been doing more shopping then I have a right to. I recently purchased a fluting/crimping machine like the one you purchased. Does yours have the heating rods too? I'm still waiting for mine, but am anxious to try it out on small pieces I make to clothe felted animals I make. Until now, I have had to stitch edges to keep that crimp and I am hoping this will make it a lot easier to keep the shape. I like to actually use antiques rather than just displying them. I'm probably a collector's nightmare!😊
Thank you! It was a real surprise, I picked the offramp with the gas station and there it was. I was happy to see things I'd never seen in the past, that doesn't happen to me a lot anymore! I'm glad you had fun too. I actually left the crimper because it was missing a heating rod when I looked closely, darn it! I think it's great you use your antiques, that's why they are here in the first place
That was a course on American pottery!
So exciting to see so much good stuff in one place!
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Loving!!! Lol not living
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I thought Elsie was the Borden milk cow.
Wow, so much information. Great info. Neat finds.
Maybe change your name The Antique Nomad never seen any antiques you only show vintage items most only 20 to 30 years old what’s up with that
If this is the impression you have, I suggest that you watch more of his content. He talks about antiques a lot over the course of his 400+ videos and live streams.
Yes, plus he always says antiques and vintage in his videos.
I must admit that I don't see antiques in a lot of "antique stores" these days. I realize the current market is not appreciating true antiques like they did in the past. I am trying to point out century-old items when I can, I think you raise a valid point and I would like to see the market understand them better...but I am limited to what I see in any given place I'm shopping.
Absolutely gorgeous pottery in this video. I admit...I went back and watched it twice. 🙂
It was packed with cool stuff I hadn't seen, I went back and watched it after I released it!
Great video George!
Jolly Green Giant and his tendrils....you are a hoot! I spit my coffee! LOL🤣🤣🤣
I couldn't help myself lol
Thanks George!
Wow!! The Bulldog Cafe. A famous example of Programmatic architecture from early 20th century Los Angeles. The original is long gone. A replica was built recently.
I didn't realize they built a new one! It was so iconic
You are a wealth of knowledge. Thanking God for you!
I'm thankful for the chance to do this
LOL, I liked Underdog too...although I think I liked Mighty Mouse & Felix the cat BEST!! The framed loom with botanical dye plants was a unique piece and I loved the Imperial black cat!!!🖤🐈⬛🖤
I did like Felix the cat a lot, and Mighty Mouse when I saw him...he wasn't on a lot of the places we lived when I was a kid though.
God I hate it when signs say "Smile your on camera" doesn't anybody use grammar anymore? I have 3 or 4 of those Uranium Glass compotes - the only place I can store them is in the oven! Still looking for a Bashful Charlotte for one of them. I have the complete set of Prismacolor markers from architecture school so I can touch up pretty much anything. Those stools might look nice recovered. The other day I saw that someone is doing the Franciscan atomic design as fabric. I love the vintage but hate the vinyl to sit on. Reminds me of my Italian mother in law's house - with all the furniture completely wrapped in plastic! I had no idea Thorens was in New Hyde Park - I live one town over! Such unusual things. I love having oddities in a room - great conversation pieces. There is always one when I design a room. And PS - Take the Root Beer sign - great for a red and white kitchen with a black and white tiled floor!
Xeno Morph and I were just talking about how no one knows "Your" (possessive) from "You're" (You are) anymore...a little educational deficiency I guess. I know a lot of people who should just replace their oven with a curio case, don't feel bad! I look for Bashful Charlottes all over and if I see green, I'll try to find you to say so. The plastic furniture wrap, I remember it was the same as the stuff they put in cars for similar purposes in the late 1960s/early 1970s...it always yellowed horribly. I have always associated Thorens with the Swiss, but their US operation was right there!
My brothers bought the Humpty Dumpty cookie jar for my mom long ago…wish we still had it
That was quite the antiqucational video, George! About 3/4 of the pottery i've never seen or heard of. That's why i love tagging along on your shopping excursions, thanks! Helps me to know what to look for, that i'd probably pass by, in thrift stores. Really liked the bar stools, sooo retro. One of your viewers mentioned that they hoped you weren't in Ian's path. Well i'm currently in Gulf Shores, AL & hopefully i'm not!
I'm glad you're in AL not FL! I'm in KY and fine. I sure enjoyed stumbling across that place and getting to show you!
I always learn something new and interesting from your videos George! Thanks!😊❤
George, you put so much effort into your video presentations along with the text. Wanted to let you know how much it is appreciated. Your knowledge and willingness to share it is so generous and outstanding!! Happy Trails!!
Thank you so much! I want everyone to enjoy and understand all this cool old stuff better
Such Interesting stuff!! Lots of Unique items. Fun shop. That Gonder Pink panther is Stunning!!
My favorite!
Thanks for another great video. I love the Kenwood lobster! So cute.
Fabulous!
So good! One of my favorite lines of theirs
I’ve learned a lot
Thank you!
The fire alarm made in Endicott NY, right by Binghamton by IBM
Lol
This was really fun. I really enjoyed the video.👍🏻😊
What a great video. I totally enjoyed it! Thank you so much
I love those bar stools! I also love the acrylic tension light pole.
Me too!
I still like the McCoy frog even with a chip!
Me too
George, it was so nice to meet you at the extravaganza at your booth. I appreciate the time you took to speak with me and my husband and I'm so happy that I was able to purchase the ruby Fenton fairy light to add to my Fenton collection. Thank you for all the knowledge you share on your videos as well💕
I am so happy for you to have gotten it! I really enjoyed meeting you and look forward to seeing you there again
Been slowly working back through your old videos (via Prime Time) and have been enjoying the content! Everything you specialize is way outside my wheelhouse but hoping I will absorb some names to keep in mind!
Awesome, thank you!
George! "If the Green Giants jumper was any shorter you could see his tendrils!" Enjoying so much going through your older vids. All good things for George & Xeno in the New Year!
Lol thanks and you too!
I grew up in that area. So it was fun to see you visit a place I go to frequently when I am there visiting family . They have outside dealers during the National road route 40 garage sales in June . Did you go to any of the other antique shops up the road? Or go to Cambridge to Black Cat vintage? Thanks for another fun and informative video George!
I didn't have time to go to Cambridge, would like to see the old glass factory site and museum (if they're still there)
Ok...stopping at the things as they fly by...that Navajo rug display is really Neat!!! George...you are so good at the implement and built stuff as well and the fou fou pretty play and fun stuff. Thank you...George I always feel like one of the gang and you are just like you are talking to one of us walking with you which is so cool...and will be an extra whatever sub in my few favs soon...this whole thing has been my absolute joy this past year...just wonderful and so many sweet non-stuffy people no matter where they are in process or what side of cash register,,,it is wonderful. You know I had the sweetest grandpa who was a looker and shopper and just the joy of it all in his heart...that is no words,,,I have a favorite speckled pottery mug he got me in Estes park together,,,so glad I went. We looked at every item in that store and got my 80's mug with the thumbprint with him,,,would love to see if you know maker,,,will get some things together for that soon,,,thanks sooooo much for all our shopping trips ans educationals that have heart and humor. Oh O love the blue elephant teapot Shawnee, my sis has quite a collection.
I am so happy that you feel that way! I think it's possible to appreciate beautiful things, fun things and vintage things with equal enthusiasm, to me it's not about "snob appeal" but instead about happy memories, good design and the joy of it all!
Nice variety, many things I’ve never seen. Did you know that washer plunger is still being made? Of course, the metal parts are now plastic.
I did hear that! We forget that not everyone has electricity...the Amish use them still, for example
This was super fun. What a great place to lower your bank balance! Thanks for the shopping trip and education. Have a great day, bye!
It sure was! But worth it...I"m glad you agree
I really I’m serious about living those bar stools but I don’t live in Florida. I’m in Illinois if they were here I’d definitely buy them! If u end up with one would you be headed to Midwest? I’d even just buy one if someone only wants two . I live alone so one would work but three would be great! I’m subscribed but I need to get member perks! I just live all the info u teach me on these videos. 😊
Hi! I'm sorry to say they sold in Florida right away. I'm so glad you're subscribed and thank you for the support!
looking for that washing machine in Uranium Glass. Kind of a holy grail! Great video. Lots of gorgeous stuff
They are out there, but they were scarce to begin with so it may be a hunt. I'll let you know if I see one!
I'm in my early 60s and l love Norman Rockwell as does my son, in his 30s. He named his son Rockwell after him.
It's a great name! I'm glad to hear some people still appreciate his work, it really is so reflective of his time
Oh my! My mother had that "Italian" kichen clock in the 80s and then replaced it with the geese motif in the 90s...lol
That was the natural progression of things then!
My goodness! So much beautiful pottery!
I love it!
I did find this video very interesting !
What an educational video George. Very interesting and unusual pottery.
It was sure fun to see in one place!
Please tell me you have the bomb or tank sight. I would love to buy it. I'm a military 🪖 collector. I want to have roving museum at some point.
I hope you saw it on my eBay listings! I can't recall whether you got it
Electric washing (and drying) sure is a great thing, isn't it? Can you imagine being clean on the road just a few years ago?
Oh yes! That's true
I learn something from you everytime I watch a video. Stay safe.
Right on!
I just found some billiard clay pool balls! One of my favorite finds!
Oh wow! I've never had them in clay
George, I absolutely LOVE shopping and learning with you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us XOXO 😘
15:13 I have noticed that SPORTS related DECOR (meaning aside from real Sports memorabilia cards , ephemera , advertising and such) is VERY hard to sell . Those vintage sports related wall plaques are impossible to sell .
Interesting antiques I've never seen.
Great video!
Thanks, George.
This is a great teaching vlog. Your the best! Thank, safe travels!
Thanks so much!
Irving Berlin seems to have written How Dry I Am in 1919.
Makes sense, the start of Prohibition!
Hi George ❣Wow great pieces. That was fun. I love the bar stools. Curious, Did you get the Root beer sign? I like red. But the pink glass so pretty. Love the whimsical faces of Shawnee. Was the kitty in front of the pitchers also Shawnee? I am a sucker for Doggies n Kitties. Thank you for sharing. I'm learning as you shop🌺
Hi there! I really liked the bar stools too. I think the cat was Shawnee, enjoy their faces a lot
What an amazing shop. I loved seeing the vast variety of beautiful pottery you found. Thanks again for sharing this with us.
I love this episode. Wish I could visit there. Thanks.
Me too!
Here comes the rooster
Great assortment of Roseville, Shawnee, and so many more. I earned about some pottery items I never knew about. Thanks, George!
So did I! I'm glad you enjoyed it
This was such a fun video. What a variety of beautiful things. And then of course George you teach us and I love that.
Oh thanks! I'm glad to share
Just catching up great items and even better information
Awesome, thank you! That store did have some unusual things we don't see often
Good afternoon George, I love the US antiquemalls with their different boths and their different offers.Ok, pottery is not mine, but if you turn your camera around I see a lot of things, I want to have.Your intro:"It's well organized and clean", means in Germany:"Expensive ", following with the words:"Rare, antique, very old and very expensive".The prices in the US on yardsales, thriftstores,fleamarkets or antiquemalls are breathtaking cheap for people from abroad.Thanks for your great staged and informativ vlog. Greatings from your German fan 👍 🇺🇸 🇩🇪.
Hello, Uwe! I am so glad I can take you with me. I hear that it is much cheaper to shop in Belgium at the flea markets than in Germany, I don't know how hard it is to transport cross border but that might be a tip for you there. I have a viewer on another platform who finds wonderful things there at prices I would fly to get!
@@TheAntiqueNomad Good morning George, if you buy in Belgium, France or Netherland there is absolut no problem to get it over the border, cause we have no strictly border controls inside the European community. I have to drive one hour to France,2.5hours to Belgium,2 hours to Luxemburg and 3hours to the southern Netherlands.Europ is a little bit smaller than the US.If you buy as a professionell dealer, there are tax rules you have to follow.I wish you and your family a great Christmas holiday season.
Does any of the Jadeite glow ?? Frame 36:09 Wonder if this sparked Jim Henson into his 1st Kermit the Frog ??
Jane, No, jadeite doesn’t glow. It was just a popular color that keeps coming back around.
@@oldstuffbethtx8052 Thanks ! That helps.
I went to a Jim Henson exhibit and showed footage in Sept. 2021 I think, they explained why he chose a frog but I think the design came from his own mind
Glad to see you all in my home state of OHIO. Welcome 😁 🙏🏼
Awesome! Thank you!
I do wish I could make it out there; I’d definitely grab the Weller squirrel. George, we’d love to see your haul at the end of the video, any time you can manage. Thank you for sharing!!!
i'll do that in a video soon!
cool video
Great video! So many interesting and fun things - thanks for taking us along!
What an unusual bird pitcher. I have never seen one like that before 😅
Fun shopping! Sent you email…
Got it! Will see you soon
I have the newer Bo Peep but I thought it was quite old…
The old ones were so popular in the 1980s that there were reproductions in the 1990s, sadly. They are easy to spot though, once you know what to look for
Gracious ...such a variety and is there no limit to your knowledge! Blessings to you and your continued you tube presentations...and, I do like the hairstyle ..
Thank you so much! I’ll keep working on variety and knowledge…the hair will likely go to donate for cancer patients
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Thanks George, love to see these antique shops and you know so much about them. Trying to learn
More to come! Stick with me and I'll try to teach you a lot
When are you coming back to Washington birthday
I'll be there end of Dec. 2022
GREAT SHOW !!! So happy that you spent a lot of time on pottery and ceramics … i Personal love SHAWEEN !! I have a lot in my collection … i DID SPY THE MINI DEER (which i need now lol)
I sure love that stuff too!
I have the Hull soup mug & tray sets (8) in brown, orange, gold and the green that you showed. I grew up using them and still do today. This cool snap we’re having in the Blue Ridge is making me want to make chili!
Ooh, neat! I'm trying to find saucers for cups in the lighter green for another viewer
When are you coming back to Washington.
TOO MANY COMMERCIALS during this video !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just note that. 💔
Thanks George, I saw items that I never saw before. As usual I always am learning about glass and pottery, I learn by watching you and other resellers.
That's great! I hope you were okay in the storm down there.
What a great place! Thanks!
You bet!
Great video and gorgeous items. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us !
So many, many treasures. The blue Gonder Pottery head, swooooon. $115 seems like a very good price. I tried to find it on line....a new thing to covet :))
It's a hard piece to find! I don't think that was unreasonable
George that place had so many amazing treasures! The prices seemed pretty reasonable to this British collector. I learnt so many new things to explore further. Take care darling, and give Xeno a kiss from me xx
Will do!
Wonderful pottery
Hi there. Im a winner? Yay
What a great assortment of of collectables! I must admit, I'd be tempted if I were there but I need you as a guide for all of you special info!
Thanks George.
I'll try to keep guiding you this way!
That yellow topped cabinet took me to my childhood, my mom just purchased a yellow Formica table with 4 chairs and we had it maybe a week and I decided to iron my jeans on it…well you can just guess what happened, perfect outline of the iron on the bright yellow table😊
And you lived to talk about it?
I'd still be grounded.
My son did the same thing on my mother in laws bench seat with vinyl covering. She was furious at first, but then it became an endearing memory everyone could say "remember when". When she passed, she willed that bench to my son and he keeps it remembering when😊
All such good stories! It's funny how the thing that was a catastrophe at the time becomes an amusing family story later. I kept an old coffee table for years that my mom burned with a cigarette because she was preoccupied with the questions on Jeopardy and it burned to the edge of the ashtray and fell out without her noticing...I was only 4, but that whole event was indelibly stamped in my mind